{movie} the notorious bettie page (2006)

Although she longed to be an actress, an unassuming girl from Nashville, Tenn., would ultimately become the nation's first bona fide bondage queen. Provocative filmmaker Mary Harron delivers an intimate biopic about 1950s pinup girl Bettie Page (Gretchen Mol), who whetted many a male appetite with her raven locks and sadomasochistic poses before becoming the target of a U.S. Senate investigation and converting to Christianity.

ireviewnetflix.com rating: ** VERY disappointing. They made Bettie Page's life very boring and seemingly predictable. Lily Taylor was great, as always. Gretchen Mol is great and this is the first movie I've seen her in and she was very good. However, there was a complete lack of story. Mary Harron, who brought us the incredible American Psycho in 2000 really dropped the ball on this one.